Mrs. Lydian Applegate

Mrs. Lydian A. Applegate, 74, of 2846 Middletown Road, Bethlehem Township, died Saturday in St. Luke's Hospital. She was the widow of Floyd E. Applegate.

She was a cashier at the Holiday Inn East, Bethlehem, for 20 years before retiring last year.

Born in Girardville, Schuylkill County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Lydian (Laudenslager) Ramberger.

She was a member of Church of the Manger, United Church of Christ, Bethlehem.

Surviving are two sons, Franklin O. Sr. of Bethlehem Township and F. Lewis of Bethlehem; a daughter, Karleen V., with whom she resided; a brother Albert of Milton, Northumberland County; a sister Alice, wife of Thomas H. Werley of Hamburg; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchild ren. A son, Albert P., died in 1984.

Services will be announced by the Wallace M. Long Funeral Home, 500 Linden St., Bethlehem.